Fulbright-MTVU Fellowships

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Up to four Fulbright-mtvU awards will be available. Projects should center around research on an aspect of international musical culture, and should focus on contemporary or popular music as a cultural force for expression or change. Projects should center around research on an aspect of international musical culture, and should focus on contemporary or popular music as a cultural force for expression or change. Preference will be given to graduating seniors and recent graduates.

Preference will be given to creative projects that are conveyed in a dynamic fashion and are accompanied by a feasible plan. In addition to presenting unique projects on music as a global force for mutual understanding, applicants must submit a Documentation and Outreach Plan describing how they intend to share their activities with their peers during their Fulbright year abroad through mtvU print, broadcast and/or online mediums. The Documentation and Outreach Plan form must be uploaded as part of the Fulbright application. Upload instructions can be found in the application.

Applicants are encouraged to consider all aspects of the power of music in developing their proposals. Along with the study of music in a specific cultural context, proposals will be considered in other music-related fields, including music and social activism, music in learning, music and the community, and musical performance. Preference will be given to graduating seniors and recent graduates who meet all host country requirements, including those related to language, affiliation and program start dates.

The Fulbright-mtvU award is currently suspended for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Award Details:

2016-2017 Competition Deadline: February 27, 2016 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Applications will be accepted starting November 1, 2015. All supporting academic credentials, including academic transcripts and letters of reference must be submitted in the Embark Online Application System by the competition deadline.

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Michael Geist (1996-1997), Canada Research Chair in Internet and E Commerce at the University of Ottawa, was named one of the 50 most influential people in intellectual property by Managing Intellectual Property magazine.

Robin McLay (1998-1999) has occupied senior management positions at CIDA, the Canadian School for Public Service, the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) at McGill, and the MasterCard Foundation.

Dr. Shannon Risk (2008-2009) is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Director of the Womens' Studies Minor, and Fulbright Advisor at Niagara University. She is also a prolific writer and innovative storyteller.

Andrew (2010-2011) graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Hofstra University with a B.A. in Political Science. He Earned an M.A. in Critical Disability Studies from York University in Toronto while on his Fulbright Fellowship.

Dr. Earl Fry (1995-1996), a professor of Political Science and endowed professor of Canadian Studies at Brigham Young University, spent his Fulbright year in Canada at the University of Toronto and has not looked back.

Dr. Sandy Y.M. Ng (2011-2012) was a member of the inaugural class of the Fulbright NEXUS Scholar program. A faculty member at Queen’s University, she took up her Fulbright award at Stanford University.

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About Fulbright

The Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America (Fulbright Canada) is a binational, treaty-based, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization with a mandate to identify the best and brightest minds in both countries and engage them in residential academic exchange.